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M. E. KNIGHT.

SPIT.

No. 311,662. Patented Feb. 3, 1885.

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SPIT.

EPECIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,662, dated February 3, 1885.

Application filed August #1, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGARET E. KNIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ash land, in the county of Middlcsex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spits, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to spits; and the first part of myinvention consists of a novel frame or support for a spit fork or forks capable of being adjusted to different lengths of drippans, and readily combined therewith to firmly sustain the roast in the most favorable position relative to the fire, adapted to be used in combination with an oven or tin kitchen, or independently, and also adapted, in'connection with a peculiarly-constructed spit-fork,to retain the roast in different pointsin the revolution of said spit-fork.

The second part consists in the combination, with a frame affording bearings therefor, of two forks having a common axis, and each adapted to have its prongs adjustable to any point in the circle having its shank for a center, to be adjustable longitudinally to inelose different sizes of roasts, and adapted from their configuration and relative adj ustability to also form skewers.

The third part of my invention consists in the peculiar construction of one shank of a spit-fork relative to the frame-support, whereby the forks with the roast are retained in the required position in the are of their rotation My invention is fully illustrated in the ac coinpanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my invention detached from a drip-pan, and having a roast combined therewith. Fig. 2 is a plan view of two cooperating spit-forks, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modification of one of the pair of forks.

A B are sections of a metal frame, extensible longitudinallythrough the connecting side bars, a b.

c d are transverse bars raised at the outer ends of the sections A B, to afford bearings at of to the shanks of the forks E F.

E F are two forks having their shanks g 71. in prolongation on opposite sides of the roast when in operative position, and having their shanks in bearings cf in the bars 0 d, and consequently upon the top of the spit-frame. The forks, as shown, have their shanks longitudinally adjustable in their bearings, and their tines or prongs capable of mutual adjustment, to lie in planes at any angle, to providefor the requirements of any size or shape of roast. The configuration of the forks E F, together with their relative adj ustability,adapt them to also subserve the purposes of skewers to compress and retain the roast in a compact form.

111 Fig. 3 is shown a fork having the outlying prongs j, combined with a central one, 0, whichand without a departure from the spirit of my invention-may be combined with either or both of the pair of forks, for the purpose of providing greater security to the roast, and for the purpose of strengthening the forks to support a heavy piece of meat,while leaving the prongs proper of the small gage requisite to their function of skewers.

In Fig. l a piece of meat is shown held and skewered by said forks, and by means of which, M

also, any fowl may be securely trussed.

The side bar, a, is shown received through two eyes, or a, of bar b, said eyes in a being removed one from the other to afford an extended bearing to the bar a, to permit the sections A B only a longitudinal movement relatively.

Although the spit-frame, together with the forks, may be cast of any suitable metal, either in part or wholly, I prefer to form the ends of the sections A B affording the hearings e f of a skeleton form, as shown, and of one rod or wire, "8 5 which is bent to form the bearings cf, is from said bearings in either direction prolonged to supply the bars 0 d, and, as shown, the end posts, 0 p, and finally, from the base of said posts, the bars a b. The wire may also be bent to form, as shown in Fig. 1, at the base of the corner-posts, heels y, for the purpose of supplying stops to come against the end walls of a di'ippan; also, the wire may be bent in any way to re-enforee the corners, and to supply eyes 8, from which ties and struts a may be connected to form a truss of the skeleton end. The shank h of fork F is shown formed of three sides, and the bearing f of a V shape, to conform to two sides of the shank, by means of which, when the roast is revolved with the forks by means of the hamle and with the shank h lifted from its bearing, and it is desired to leave it with a particular face toward the fire, the shank h is lowered when the meat is in the required position to the bearing f, to be there held by the conforming flat sides of the shank and its socket. The number of flat sides to shank h may be multiplied if desired, though in practice three sides prove sufficient, and as shown fully illustrate the principle of my invention; By these means I provide an effective spit, and one in which the-frame can be adjusted to any size of oven, tin kitchen, or drip-pan, as well as to any size roast, and in which the forks can be adj ustable independently of the frame to meet the requirements of varied shapes and dimensions in the roast.

Now, having described my invention,what I claim is- 1. The within-describedimproved spit, consisting of a spit-frame formed in two sections,to afford at opposite ends of said frame bearings to aspit, and extensible,substantiall y as shown, one within the other to lengthen or shorten said frame, and a spit in two sections adapted to bear in said frame to inolose a roast between its ends and be adjustable longitudinally to conform to the length of the frame, as set forth.

2. The within-described improvement in 30 spits, consisting of a frame having opposite end bearings for a spit-fork, in combination with a fork in two sections adapted to inclose the meat between opposite ends,provided with means for revolving it, and having at one end 3 5 a flat-sided shank, h, operating, substantially as shown, in connection with a flat-sided socket, f, in the frame, and provided upon the other end thereof with a shank adapted to revolve at different angles in a bearing in the 40 fra1ne,whereby the roast may be revolved and held stationary in different positions, for the purpose set forth.

3. The improved spit, consisting of framesections A B, formed each of a continuous rod 4 5 or wire bent, as shown, to form bearings ef, and side bars, a 1), adapted to be extensible one in the other, and having their upright ends braced, substantially as shown, in combination with the fork-sections E F, having; the 50 shank 9, adapted to turn loosely at different angles in bearing e,and the shank h,adapted, in connection with bearing f, to remain fixed in different positions.

MARGARET E. KNIGHT.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE C. TRAVIS, FREDERICK M. EsTY. 

